Scientific Classification of Petunia and Cactus

Petunia and Cactus Kingdom

The scientific classification of Petunia and Cactus includes the entire classification chart that includes kingdom, family, clade, tribe etc. A kingdom is the second highest taxonomic rank. A taxonomic rank is the level that a living organisms are placed in hierarchical level of arrangement of life forms. All the living organisms are divided into kingdoms. Plant kingdom is a main classification of living organisms that include all plants. There are six kingdoms which are: Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Protista, Aschaea/Archaeabacteria and Bacteria Eubacteria. Petunia and Cactus kingdom and all other plants kingdom is Plantaea.

Petunia and Cactus Family

Plant family is the group of plants which have something in common. Petunia and Cactus family is a major factor of Petunia and Cactus Scientific Classification. Plant family helps you narrow the search of your plants. It also gives you idea about, how the plant looks, how the seed will be like etc. These two plant families can be different or same. Petunia belongs to the family Solanaceae and Cactus belongs to the family Cactaceae.

Petunia and Cactus Genus and Other Classification

While comparing scientific classification, Petunia and Cactus genus and other classification are also important. Also, when you compare Petunia and Cactus, other factors should also be taken into considerations like order, subfamilies, tribe, clade etc. First plant's genus is Petunia and other plant's genus is Not Available. Petunia tribe is Not Available and Cactus tribe is Not Available. Petunia clade is Angiosperms, Asterids and Eudicots and order is Solanales whereas Cactus clade is Angiosperms and Eudicots and order is Caryophyllales. Every plant have subfamilies. Petunia subfamilies are, Petunioideae and Cactus subfamilies are Cactoideae, Maihueniodeae, Opuntioideae and Pereskioideae. In this way you can compare scientific classification of Petunia and Cactus and other products also.